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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: raywilb on 22 November 2016, 14:40:11

Title: rover 25
Post by: raywilb on 22 November 2016, 14:40:11

I recently purchased a rover 25 for my daughter in law. after reading that h/g go & it having a slight cooling loss I thought the worse. how ever  somebody advised me to switch heaters to full & top up. his advice seems to have worked as it has not needed topping up since.apparentley they are renowned for airlocks in the cooling system however I will change the water pump, cambelt, tensioner & the thermostat + housing (which are already purchased).

Title: Re: rover 25
Post by: omegod on 22 November 2016, 14:56:01

Check the inlet manifold gasket for leaking, often mistaken for HGF and much easier to fix

Title: Re: rover 25
Post by: Bojan on 22 November 2016, 18:15:37

Petrol or diesel?

Title: Re: rover 25
Post by: TheBoy on 24 November 2016, 17:58:36

Generally, check the coolant level regularly, and they are not as bad as made out on the HF front.  Let them run a little low on coolant, the HG *WILL* fail.

Not a bad little car, let down by penny pinching (esp the 2002 onwards ones) and "built in Longbridge".  We miss ours.